Writing on the body? : thinking through gendered embodiment and marked flesh / by Kay Inckle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Inckle, Kay.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Body marking.

Human body--Social aspects.

Human body.

Self-mutilation.

Feminist theory.

Genre:

Libros electrónicos.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (254 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This groundbreaking piece of work establishes a "position of embodiment" as an ethically salient epistemological and empirical strategy for understanding, representing, and experiencing gendered embodiment and marked flesh. Developing an embodied, feminist critique of the sociology of the body, the author integrates this position with some of the most recent developments in qualitative methodologies and creative research practices in order to engage with, and represent, women's experiences of...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; NOTE ON TERMINOLOGY; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; EPILOGUE; APPENDIX A; APPENDIX B; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Descripción basada en metadatos suministrados por el editor y otras fuentes.

ISBN:

1-282-19234-5

9786612192340

1-4438-0872-5

OCLC:

827209306